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stage II esophageal cancer (...ee-SAH-fuh-JEE-ul KAN-ser)

 Stage II is divided into stage IIA and stage IIB, depending on where the cancer has spread. In stage IIA, cancer has spread to the layer of esophageal muscle or to the outer wall of the esophagus. In stage IIB, cancer may have spread to any of the first three layers of the esophagus and to nearby lymph nodes.

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Esophageal cancer staging; shows tumors growing through layers of the esophagus wall for Stage 0, Stage I, Stage II, Stage III, and Stage IV esophageal cancer. Inset shows muscle, submucosa, and mucosa layers of the esophagus wall, and lymph nodes.

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